Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008 SP2/SP3 are available

Very early this morning, Microsoft released two new cumulative updates for the SQL Server 2008 platform.

Cumulative Update #7 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2

If SELECT @@VERSION is between 10.00.4000 and 10.00.4322
KB article is KB #2617148
There are 18 fixes posted to the KB article
The new build number is 10.00.4323
See the blog post from the SQL Server Release Services team

Cumulative Update #2 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3

If SELECT @@VERSION is between 10.00.5000 and 10.00.5767
KB article is KB #2633143
There are 3 fixes posted to the KB article
The new build number is 10.00.5768
See the blog post from the SQL Server Release Services team

Note: These updates are for SQL Server 2008, *NOT* for SQL Server 2008 R2. Check SELECT @@VERSION; if it shows 10.50.xxxx and not 10.00.xxxx, you're in the wrong place. 🙂

By: Aaron Bertrand

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